Railway-tie.



S. H. HERBST, JR.

RAILWAY TIB.

APBLIOATION FILED Nov. 9, 1914.

Panam-,ea Mar.2,1915.

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UWE/W09 mwxmmw sAMUELi-i. HERBST, in., or FU'LLERTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

pacification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 2, 1915.

Application filed November 9, 19111. Serial No. 871,045.

To ai wlw/m it may concern.'

Be it known that I, SAMUEL H. HERBST, ,lr.,a citizen of the UnitedStates, andl resident of Fullerton, inthe county of Lehigh and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain newvl and useful Improvements inRailway-Ties, of which the following` is a speciiication.

liy invention relates to railway tracks, and one o1" the main objectsthereoil is to provide'a tie for the rails which insures a resilientseat for said rails, which permits the removal of said seats forsubstitution or other reason without disturbing the tie itself, which isformed primarily of metal and concrete, which presents an enlarged areaof tie supporting surface at its under side in the position of cachrail, which provides metal `reinforcing` plates for the resilient meansin order to prevent injury thereto, which is very simple in construction and installation, which is practically indestructible and thusinsures lone; lite` and which is comparatively inexpensive.

My invention vis fullydescribed in the :t'ollowing specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawings 'form a part, in which like parts aredesignated by like reference characters .in each of the views, and inwhich 2- v Figure 1 is a plan View of my tie in operating position, andpartly in section to show a detail :if cmistruct'ou; Fi; H is alongitudinal, verti "al, secti n ther-eov 3 is a detached, perspective,View oli tail; and Fig. il is a section taken. on the line 4-fl of Fig.2.

ln the drawings forming a part of this. ap] lisation l have shown apresent preif# l 'tc-rm embodiment ol my invention, eine` a bottom plate5 and a parallel top i late spaced therefrom by means oit bra lfets 7 inpermanent connection therewith, said upper plate i3 having a pluralityof holes 8 therein to permit thepassage oi."- lifplid concrete to iorincentral, concret-e, portion .0, between, and at a distance from therails l0. l also Tn'ovide similar brackets l1 for the ends et thepla-tes and (3, but iu di tarhable conuecti-fai tl'ief'ewith by means'bolts 1"! aud nuts l, all otvsaid brackets we in e ol: I-ormation inplan to provide pro jertif-ns 14 and .1.7,oppositelydirected, from the.web 16, the brackets l1 having, also, upper and lower flanges 17 and 18,respectively, from the web 16, outwardly thereof, and through which passthe bolts 12.

Arranged between corresponding brackets 7 and 11 are two blocks 19 and20, of Wood r other relatively soft and resilient material, and thelower one of which, 20, is provided with a. longitudinal channel 2l inthe upper surface thereof, a metal lillerA .22 being interposed betweensaid blocks.

The upper plate 6 is provided with. openinr therethrough, one beneatheach rail 10,' and in which is arranged a wood or similar plate 24-resting upon the corre'- spondinla'rblock 19 and extending above theplane of the upper surface of the plate v6, as clearly shown in Fig. 2,and I-provide a channeled rail plate 25 for each of the wood plates 22:,straddling' the same, and bearing upon the corresponding block 19, and lpass one or more tie-bolts through the filler plates 22, blocks 19,woodr plates 24, and rail plates 25, on each side ofeach rail, as shownat 26, Figs. 2 and el, and each of which is threaded at its lower endand provided with a detachable nut 27 resting in the channel of thecorresponding? block 20, thus serving to hold the rails Vfirmly inplace.

1f it is desired to substitute new blocks 19 or 20, or new wood plates24, all that is necessary is to remove the bolts 12, knock out the endbrackets 11, draw out the blocks 20, remove the nuts 27, and after whichthe/ tie-bolts 2G may be removed, permitting the wthdraivai of theblocks 19, plates 24, and rail plates new blocks or plates may new beplaced in position, and the operation Liust described reversedtoassemble the tic, and it will be seen that, not only is the tie itsclnot disturbed, but no considerable eX- cavation is needed :it the endsAof the tie to remove the parts which it is desired to replace, thisbeing ot' especial value and i1nportance in connection with streetrailways in cities.

lt will be observed that the rails rest upon metal, but the supportsthereoil are resilient, and the tie-bolts and nuts thereof bear againstmetal, thus avoiding the probability ot' either the rails or tie-boltsor nuts thereof beine` forced into the sott blocks or wood plates toinjure thesanie, as is usual with the wood ties as now employed, and Itherelcre secure all the ad 'antages of the said vio-'1d ties, and ot'metal ties, or concretey ties, and 4also permitting the replacing of Oldwood elements or members thereof by new ones with little or no trouble,and at very low cost.

My invention is Very simple, durable,

i of the following claims, without departing from the spirit ofmyinvention, or sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention, what l claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with the rails of a railway track, of a tie,comprising upper and lower plates, the former ot' which is provided withan opening therethrough in the position of each rail, a resilient blockfor the corresponding rail projecting through each opening, alongitudinally removable block for supporting said resilient block, ametal plate interposed between each rail and resilient block, a metalplate interposed between the blocks of each rail, and means for lockingthe respective rails, blocks, and metal plates together.

2. rlhe combination with tlielrails of a railway track, of a tie,comprising upper and lower plates, brackets connecting the same andarranged between said rails, supinsegni plemental brackets connectingthe ends of said plates, said upper plate being provided with an openingtherethrough beneath each' rail, a resilient block for each railprojected through the corresponding opening and a longitudinallyremovable supporting block for said resilient block, saidbrackets beingposed between the kbrackets of each pair, a

metal filler lplate between said blocks', a resilient plate :projectedthrough each openingand resting vupon the opper block, a rail plate oversaid resilient plate, and means pforlockingfl each rail to its railplate, resilient'plate, upper" block, and filler plate,

` detachably.

ln testimony whereof ll have signed my name to this specification in.the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

Jnssn D. PENNEPACKER, R. T. DAvIns.

